Dr. Daniel A. DeLaurentis
SERC Chief Scientist and Bruce Reese Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Purdue University
As of July 2019, Dr. Daniel DeLaurentis serves as the Chief Scientist of the Systems Engineering Research Center (SERC), assuming the role from Dr. Barry Boehm, Chair of the SERC Research Council. Dr. DeLaurentis is co-lead of the Enterprises as Systems and System of Systems (ESOS)Research Area as a member of the SERC Research Council, in addition to leading a project to develop an Analytical Workbench for system of system (SoS) architecture analysis, design and evolution. In addition to the SERC, he leads research projects with the Missile Defense Agency and NASA in developing agent-based modeling and simulation and associated design tools for development of advanced battle management (MDA) and air transportation (NASA) architectures. Dr. Daniel DeLaurentis is a Professor in Purdue’s School of Aeronautics & Astronautics. Dr. DeLaurentis also serves as the Director of Purdue’s Institute for Global Security and Defense Innovation (i-GSDI) in the University’s Discovery Park.
His primary research interests are in the areas of problem formulation, modeling and simulation, and robust system design and control methods for aerospace systems and systems-of-systems (SoS). This includes agent-based modeling, network theory, optimization, and aerospace vehicle modeling. His research is conducted under grants from NASA, FAA, Navy, the DoD Systems Engineering Research Center UARC, and the Missile Defense Agency.
Research results have been widely disseminated in the technical literature including the Journal of the Astronautical Sciences, AIAA Journal of Aircraft, several Transportation Research journals, Engineering Optimization, and in various archival publications of the IEEE.
Dr. DeLaurentis is an Associate Fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics and served as Chairman of the AIAA’s Air Transportation Systems (ATS) Technical Committee from 2008-2010. He is also AIAA’s Deputy Strategic Technologies Coordinator since 2011.
Dr. DeLaurentis is also a member of the IEEE and INCOSE and active in “systems circles” of those societies. He was the Co-Chair of the System of Systems Technical Committee in the IEEE System, Man, and Cybernetics Community (2009-2014) and is Associate Editor for the Transactions of the IEEE Systems, Man, & Cybernetics: Systems.
In 2012, Dr. DeLaurentis was awarded his department’s highest research recognition: the CT Sun School of Aeronautics and Astronautics Excellence in Research Award and also was elected Faculty Fellow of CERIAS (Purdue’s Center for Education and Research in Information Assurance and Security).
- SERC-2017-TR-109-Investigating Approaches to Achieve Modularity Benefits in the Acquisition Ecosystem
- SERC-2015-RT-134-Assessing the Impact of Development Disruptions and Dependencies in System-of-Systems
- SERC-2017-TR-102-Assessing the Impact of Development Disruptions and Dependencies in System‐of‐Systems
- SERC-2018-TR-113-Approaches to Achieve Benefits of Modularity in Defense Acquisition
- SERC-2012-TR-035-1-Assessing the Impact of Development Disruptions and Dependencies in Analysis of Alternatives of System-of-Systems
- SERC-2013-TR-035-2-Assessing the Impact of Development Disruptions and Dependencies in Analysis of Alternatives of System-of-Systems
- SERC-2013-TR-035-3-Assessing the Impact of Development Disruptions and Dependencies in Analysis of Alternative System of Systems
- SERC-2014-TR-035-4-Assessing the Impact of Development Disruptions and Dependencies in System-of-Systems
- SERC-2017-TR-112-System of Systems Analytic Workbench – 2017
- SERC-2020-TR-001-WRT 1002: Approaches to Achieve Benefits of Modularity in Defense Acquisition – Part 2
- SERC-2020-TR-013-WRT 1014: Foundations for a Model-Based Portfolio Analysis Capability for the Joint Program Executive Office for Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear Defense (JPEO-CBRND)
- SERC-2022-TR-002-WRT-1042: Policy Innovations to Enhance the STEM Talent Pipeline
- SERC-2022-TR-008-WRT-1052: Digital Engineering Transformation at JPEO-CBRND
- SERC-2023-TR-009-WRT-1068: Policy Innovations to Enhance the STEM Talent Pipeline
Lead Author
- Conference Paper - Dependency Network Analysis: Fostering The Future Of Space With New Tools And Techniques In Space Systems-Of-Systems Design And Architecture
- Conference Paper - Maintenance and Recycling in Space: Functional Dependency Analysis of On-Orbit Servicing Satellites Team for Modular Spacecraft
- Conference Paper - A Robust Optimization Framework to Architecting System-of-Systems
- Conference Paper - Dependency-Analysis of System-of-System Operational and Development Networks
- Conference Paper - Development Interdependency Modeling for System-of-Systems (SoS) using Bayesian Networks: SoS Mangement Strategy Planning
- Poster - RT-163: Investigating Approaches to Achieve Modularity Benefits in the Acquisition Ecosystem
- Poster - RT-155: Assessing Development Disruptions and Dependencies in Analysis of Alternatives of System-of-Systems
- Poster - Investigating Approaches to Achieve Modularity Benefits in the Acquisition Ecosystem
- Poster - RT 163/185: Investigating Approaches to Achieve Modularity Benefits in the Acquisition Ecosystem
- Poster - RT -108 :Assessing Development Disruptions and Dependencies in Analysis of Alternates of Systems-of-Systems
- Poster - Approaches to Achieve Benefits of Modularity in Defense Acquisition
- Presentation - Assessing the Impact of Development Disruptions in Interdependent Systems
- Presentation - Progress Towards an Analytic Workbench for System of Systems Architectures
- Presentation - Systems Engineering Capabilities
- Presentation - Advances towards a System of Systems Analytical Workbench
- Presentation - Approaches to Achieve Benefits of Modularity in Defense Acquisition
- Presentation - ARR 2022 | WRT-1052: Digital Engineering Transformation at JPEO CBRND
- Presentation - ARR 2022 | WRT-1042 & WRT-1068: Policy Innovations to Enhance the STEM Talent Pipeline
- Video - SSRR 2020: PANEL: Mission Engineering Research Challenges
- Other - Research Transition Report 2017 “Transitioning research into practice – crossing boundaries through integrative collaboration”
Co-Author
- Approaches to Achieve Modularity Benefits in the Acquisition Ecosystem
- System of Systems Analytic Workbench
- Foundations for a Model-Based Portfolio Analysis Capability for the Joint Program Executive Office for Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear Defense (JPEO-CBRND)
- Policy Innovations to Enhance the STEM Talent Pipeline